2015 Topps Heritage ’51 Baseball details (updated with checklist)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
There’s a new addition to the Heritage baseball card line — and it’s from 1951.
2015 Topps Heritage ’51 Baseball is a boxed set homage to the 1951 Topps red-back and blue-back cards that predated the company’s flagship arrival the following year.
Releasing on Ocotber 28, there are 104 base cards, one autograph and a mix of 21 parallel cards per set. There are 24 sets per case.
There are 10 Red (back) parallels per set, five Blue, three Green, two Black and one Gold. Meanwhile, 28 players signed autographs for the brand. Topps said it intends to use on-card autos in most instances in the product, but that some stickers may be used.
The autographs have Blue (/25), Green (/10), Black (/5) and 1/1 Gold parallels for collectors to chase.
2015 Topps Heritage ’51 Baseball Checklist
Base Set
1 Mike, Trout Los Angeles Angels
2 Felix, Hernandez Seattle Mariners
3 Miguel, Cabrera Detroit Tigers
4 Madison, Bumgarner San Francisco Giants
5 Masahiro, Tanaka New York Yankees
6 Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds
7 David Price, Toronto Blue Jays
8 Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
9 Jake Lamb, Arizona Diamondbacks RC
10 Yasmany Tomas, Arizona Diamondbacks RC
11 Archie Bradley, Arizona Diamondbacks RC
12 Todd Frazier, Cincinnati Reds
13 Michael Pineda, New York Yankees
14 Taijuan Walker, Seattle Mariners
15 Starling Marte, Pittsburgh Pirates
16 Dalton Pompey, Toronto Blue Jays RC
17 Eric Hosmer, Kansas City Royals
18 Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks
19 Kolten Wong, St. Louis Cardinals
20 Kevin Plawecki, New York Mets RC
21 Jorge Soler, Chicago Cubs RC
22 Devon Travis, Toronto Blue Jays RC
23 Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals
24 Ian Desmond, Washington Nationals
25 Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs RC
26 Steven Souza, Jr. Tampa Bay Rays
27 Joc Pederson, Los Angeles Dodgers RC
28 Jason Heyward, St. Louis Cardinals
29 Justin Upton, San Diego Padres
30 Craig Kimbrel, San Diego Padres
31 Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
32 Michael Brantley, Cleveland Indians
33 Ian Kinsler, Detroit Tigers
34 Hanley Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
35 Matt Harvey, New York Mets
36 Yoenis Cespedes, New York Mets
37 Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
38 George Springer, Houston Astros
39 Hunter Pence, San Francisco Giants
40 Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Rockies
41 Manny Machado, Baltimore Orioles
42 Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians
43 Daniel Norris, Detroit Tigers RC
44 Joey Gallo, Texas Rangers RC
45 Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays
46 Albert Pujols, Los Angeles Angels
47 Michael Wacha, St. Louis Cardinals
48 Christian Yelich, Miami Marlins
49 Zack Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers
50 Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
51 Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
52 Jeff Samardzija, Chicago White Sox
53 Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners
54 Carlos Rodon, Chicago White Sox RC
55 Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs
56 Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays
57 Rusney Castillo, Boston Red Sox RC
58 Noah Syndergaard, New York Mets RC
59 James Shields, San Diego Padres
60 Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins
61 David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox
62 Troy Tulowitzki, Toronto Blue Jays
63 Pablo Sandoval, Boston Red Sox
64 Brandon Finnegan, Cincinnati Reds RC
65 Lucas Duda, New York Mets
66 Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox
67 Carlos Correa, Houston Astros RC
68 Anthony Rendon, Washington Nationals
69 Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
70 Cole Hamels, Texas Rangers
71 Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays
72 Jacoby Ellsbury, New York Yankees
73 Adrian Gonzalez, Los Angeles Dodgers
74 Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins RC
75 Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians RC
76 Kyle Seager, Seattle Mariners
77 Addison Russell, Chicago Cubs RC
78 Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
79 Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals
80 Andrew Miller, New York Yankees
81 Billy Hamilton, Cincinnati Reds
82 Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles
83 David Wright, New York Mets
84 Aaron Sanchez, Toronto Blue Jays
85 Chris Archer, Tampa Bay Rays
86 Sonny Gray, Oakland Athletics
87 Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers
88 Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves
89 Matt Kemp, San Diego Padres
90 Prince Fielder, Texas Rangers
91 Alex Cobb, Tampa Bay Rays
92 Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox
93 Jordan Zimmermann, Washington Nationals
94 Johnny Cueto, Kansas City Royals
95 Edwin Encarnacion, Toronto Blue Jays
96 Jon Lester, Chicago Cubs
97 Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants
98 Nelson Cruz, Seattle Mariners
99 Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox
100 Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
101 Starlin Castro, Chicago Cubs
102 Eduardo Rodriguez, Boston Red Sox RC
103 Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox RC
104 Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
Autographs
H51A-AB Archie Bradley, Arizona Diamondbacks RC
H51A-AR Addison Russell, Chicago Cubs RC
H51A-BB Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins RC
H51A-BH Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
H51A-BP Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants
H51A-BS Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox RC
H51A-CC Carlos Correa, Houston Astros RC
H51A-CK Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
H51A-CR Carlos Rodon, Chicago White Sox RC
H51A-DP Dalton Pompey, Toronto Blue Jays RC
H51A-DW David Wright, New York Mets
H51A-ER Eduardo Rodriguez, Boston Red Sox RC
H51A-FL Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians RC
H51A-JA Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox
H51A-JD Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
H51A-JL Jake Lamb, Arizona Diamondbacks RC
H51A-JP Joc Pederson, Los Angeles Dodgers RC
H51A-JS Jorge Soler, Chicago Cubs RC
H51A-KB Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs RC
H51A-KP Kevin Plawecki, New York Mets RC
H51A-LD Lucas Duda, New York Mets
H51A-MT Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
H51A-NS Noah Syndergaard, New York Mets RC
H51A-RC Rusney Castillo, Boston Red Sox RC
H51A-SG Sonny Gray, Oakland Athletics
H51A-SS Steven Souza Jr, Tampa Bay Rays
H51A-TW Taijuan Walker, Seattle Mariners
H51A-YT Yasmany Tomas, Arizona Diamondbacks RC
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What no gum???
As a HUGE fan of Topps Heritage cards, I like this idea. However, I do not like the use of stickers on any Topps Heritage product. That’s the one thing I like about Topps Heritage over the years. There autos have always been on the card. A few years ago, I was going to collect Topps Heritage Minor League until I found out that it had sticker autos so I stayed away from it. Sticker autos cheapens the cards in my opinion. If you do that with this upcoming product, I’m afraid you will eventually start using sticker autos in mainstream Topps Heritage products. Keep the autographs real — that’s why people collect Topps Heritage Real One Autographs!
Goodness gracious those are hideous!
Love it, if they are in-card autographs. If not, pass
As long as the case collation isn’t bad, I’m game. Not so large, it may be a fun set to try to complete. I like the looks of these and hope the card backs have interesting tidbits. Thanks……….
these are gross I wont buy a single pack
From Olds: It’s sold as a set, not packs.
good to have you back! Will the sets be sold in retail or just hobby?
Red autographs are #’d to 250, (+25+10+5+1 parallels)so 291 total autos per player
291 * 28 = 8184 sets made. (Assuming all are released)
104 base cards
10 red mini per set = 783
5 blue = 391
3 green = 236
2 black = 157
1 gold = 78
@Mike@Colin
Yeah the look is horrible but it is true to the Original red/blue backs cards from 1951 (other than the size)